Valentine's Day Card Ideas
Valentine Mice Cards
Fold a paper heart in half and find
the mouse. The nose and whiskers are at the tapered end,
draw them in. For the tail, glue a 3" long string on
the inside of the fold (opposite the
end with the nose and
whiskers), and let it hang out. Add a greeting on the inside.
Variation: Cut a large
heart shape from construction paper. Glue a small length of yarn
for a tail
at the top of the heart but let it hang off of the
heart. Fold in half like a teardrop. Stuff with a little
cotton.
Glue edges of heart shut all around. Tail should be hanging out.
Cut a small heart for
his ears. Fold heart in half. Glue on
rounded part of big heart so they
form an ear on each side. Add
whiskers, eyes, and a little pink nose.
My Heart Is In Your Hands
Valentine Card
Spread some love with these
valentine keepsakes. To make one, a child dips his hands
into washable red tempera paint. Then he presses them onto a
sheet of white
construction paper so that the palm prints are side
by side and the thumbprints
and fingerprints overlap. When
the paint is dry, cut around the heart; then add
a message, the
child's name, and the date.
Lacy Valentine Cards
Cut out a heart shaped valentine
out of red or pink construction paper.
Use white gummed
reinforcement circles for the "lace." Let the
children
lick and stick the white reinforcement circles around the
outlines
of their heart shapes to create fancy
"lace-edged" valentines.
Special Hugs
Trace a child's hand onto a piece
of paper, then cut out the hand shapes.
Have the child glue
the hands to the ends of a colored sentence strip so that
the
fingers extend outward. Next, have the child glue paper
hearts onto the strip.
Make a copy of the following poem and
glue it onto the strip. Encourage the child
to present the
hug by wrapping it around the recipient's shoulders and squeezing
gently.
I know you miss me when I'm away.
So I made this hug for you today!
This special hug from me to you
Will give you hugs all day through!
Happy Valentine's Day!
Heart Rubbings
Cut out different sizes of hearts
from sandpaper. Tape hearts to table and lay a sheet of white
typing paper over them. Use side of crayon to lightly rub over
hearts, making a pattern on paper.
Variation: Set out a
large square of plastic lace (available where self-stick paper is
sold).
Cut heart shapes out of plain white paper. Let the
children take turns placing their hearts on
top of the plastic
lace square and rubbing across them with red crayons. If
desired, let them
glue their lacy heart rubbings on folded
sheets of red construction paper to make valentine cards.
Hands That Touch The Heart
Encourage the children to make
handprints on white paper by dipping their hands in red
paint.
They then cut the handprints out of the paper.
Next, a large red heart shape is cut out of red
construction
paper. The heart is glued onto a large sheet of white paper
with some space left
around the outside. Finally, the
handprints which have been cut out are glued onto the large
red
heart -- hence the hands that "touch" the heart. Then
write "Hands That
Touch The Heart" around the outside of
their red heart (on the white paper).
Heart Bears
For each child cut from
construction paper one bear shape, five small heart shapes to glue
on
the bear's paws and nose, and one large heart shape to glue on
its chest. Let the children glue
their hearts on their
bears. When the glue has dried, let the children add eyes
and other details with felt tip markers
. On the back of each
child's bear, print "A Beary Happy Valentine's Day!" and
help the child sign his or her name.
Lacy Heart Valentines
Give each of the children a heart
shape cut from white construction paper and a folded piece of
red
or pink construction paper. Let each child punch holes
around the edges of his or her heart
shape with a hole punch to
create a lacy look. Have the children glue their hearts on
the fronts
of their folded papers to make valentine cards.
Let them add other decorations
to their cards, if they wish.
Then help them sign their names inside their cards.
Homemade Valentine Cards
Hang onto the advertisements from
the Sunday paper and special inserts that have valentines day
sales.
Have the kids cut out valentines related pictures, and glue
them onto a big red heart, or
make them
into valentines cards (fold a piece of construction
paper in half and let them at it). You should
be able to
find pictures of flowers, boxes of candy shaped in hearts, etc.
A Handful of Love
Help each child trace around his or
her hand on a piece of red construction paper.
Let the
children cut out their hand shapes (or cut them out
yourself). Have the children
glue their hand shapes on paper
doilies. Then have them glue their doilies on pieces of
pink
construction paper. On each child's valentine use a red felt
tip marker to print
"A Handful of Love from _________"
and help the child sign his or her name.
Sending Valentines
Fold and trim red, pink, and white
construction paper to make cards that will fit inside
envelopes.
Let your children decorate the cards for their
parents and grandparents. Put each child's card(s)
into an envelope and address it to the child's family. Help
the children put stamps on their envelopes.
Take the
children to a mailbox and let them mail their valentines.
Candy Kisses Card
Here are some kisses from me to you
Because I love you and all that you do!
You could then cover a big construction paper heart with candy
kisses with the
verse in the middle. And have the children decorate them as they like
...if you wish.
Or paint them prior to putting on the candy kisses.
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I do not claim any of these as my own ideas.
They are shared from friends and fellow group
members.
Thanks for sharing all your great ideas!